[mythtv-users] mythfrontend HDTV performance on recent AMD chipsets (was Re: X2 5000 enough to play HD?)

kanetse@gmail.com kane.tse at gmail.com
Fri Aug 29 21:41:23 UTC 2008


On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:03 AM, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Working:
>
> 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 kernel (64-bit)
> 2.6.24 (32-bit)
>
> Not working:
>
> 2.6.26.2
> 2.6.18 (64-bit)
>
>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>>> ... The AMD chipset is only /very/ recently supported (sometime
>>> after 2.6.21),
>
> I think I'm going to abandon CentOS 5.2, since it only has the
> 2.6.18-kernel, even with updates.  I wanted to escape the constant
> Fedora upgrade cycle, but obviously, the chipset doesn't have
> appropriate support in 2.6.18.
>

Well, it doesn't look like it's a kernel issue.  I installed Fedora 9,
and the problems continue with the onboard ATI HD3200 video.  I
attempted to use the MythBuntu Live CD but it turned out the .iso I
downloaded was corrupted.  Will try with a redownloaded version
(md5sum checked).


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